Megan P. Her
My name is Megan P. Her and I identified myself as a Hmong American woman. I’m a second generation Hmong student at University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire where I’m currently majoring in Marketing with a minor in Multimedia Communications. Both sides of my family immigrated to the United States from Laos in the late 1970 to mid 1980 post the Vietnam War. While the journeys and stories are but memories in time, they are the very fabrication of my existence.
Kao Moua Her
Kao Moua Her is a Wisconsin educator who immigrated to the United States with her widowed mother in 1986 and resided in Wisconsin for thirty-five years. She has experienced and witnessed the historical Wisconsin education system and is part of the grassroot movement to train, coach, and support districts and schools to develop equitable systems for educational equity. Kao Moua Her earned her undergraduate degree from the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire in Bachelor Science and a Master Degree in English as a Second Language from Hamline University, Minnesota. In her spare time, she enjoys reading business books, writing children books, taking over her mother’s garden skills, and competing in long distance road biking with her husband on Wisconsin country roads.
Tuesday, June 15, 2021 | 7:30 AM - 9:00 AM (CDT)
Gray Areas
In this insightful talk, twenty-one-year old Megan Her shares her story of what it means to grow up as a Hmong American woman in Northern Wisconsin. While being raised by her Grandmother Kha, who spoke the White Hmong dialect, and attending school where English is the dominant language, Megan grew up challenging stereotypes and unleashing cultural expectations. Through her journey of development, Megan learns to find her voice, choice, and power between the Hmong and mainstream cultures.
